Grease a 3-pint 1 litre pudding basin. Mix all the ingredients together, except the egg and milk. Add the beaten egg and milk and mix well.

Put the mixture in the basin, cover with tin foil or a cloth, and put the basin in a pan with water half-way up the sides of the basin. Bring the water to a boil, put on a tight-fitting lid, and simmer for 3 hours, remembering to top up with add more boiling water now and then.

Serve with cream or custard with a little warmed syrup over the top

3 comments to this

ramtops said
on 20 May 2006
at 12:55:06:

3 pint != 1 litre :)

ramtops said
on 21 May 2006
at 10:35:57:

I made this yesterday and it was delicious. Two points:

I used about 1 heaped tsp of fresh grated ginger. I think any more would have been very overpowering

I thought when I was mixing it that it needed a little more milk, although I didn't put it in. I also think it might want a bit of baking powder - it was quite heavy, although having the string come adrift from the foil in the early part of the cooking process won't have helped!

in any event - it was wonderful; thanks for adding it!

jacqi said
on 23 May 2006
at 23:40:21:

Whoops, that's what happens when you (I) cut & paste without checking. So which was the right size 3 pints or one litre?